Entries by Joe Williams

Being ill is miserable. Beyond the utter physical discomfort associated of days filled with coughing, retching or intense cranial pain, the utter boredom of being home alone with no one but Jeremy Kyle and a stir-crazy hamster to keep you company can be soul destroying.

You have to sympathise with politicians sometimes. Yes, really. I wouldn't want to excuse any duck house purchases or lying about speeding points, but in how many other professions is continued employment reliant on satisfying the demands of thousands of bosses simultaneously? Whether on housing or...

Although the bicycle's simplicity and efficiency were a source of great marvel when it was first created, few could have anticipated that, almost 200 years later, it would provide such an elegant solution to so many modern social problems. The obesity epidemic. Air and noise pollution. Transport poverty. Rampant congestion....